What is a GM? (GM’s Day 2016)
Today I’d like to muse a bit on a definition of Game Master (or Gamemaster or GM or Dungeon Master or DM or Storyteller or Referee, etc.). GM’s Day 2016 is coming up this week… Read More »What is a GM? (GM’s Day 2016)
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A Pair of Tiny Dungeons
Continuing my delving into dungeons dark and random… I’ve pulled together (as I like to do) a collection of random tables. They fall into the following categories: Shape Size Number of Exits Occupants Purpose Traps… Read More »A Pair of Tiny Dungeons
A Random Start To Random Dungeon Design
Whether you go with analog randomizers such as physical dice or coins or their digital counterparts, I’ve been fascinated by the flexibility of the traditional random table. Ever since reading Appendix A: Random Dungeon Generation… Read More »A Random Start To Random Dungeon Design
How do you inspire your players? RPG Blog Carnival – January 2016
This month’s RPG Blog Carnival topic is hosted by Johnn Four of Roleplaying Tips himself. He wants to know what we (as GMs I suspect) do to inspire our players to get excited to play… Read More »How do you inspire your players? RPG Blog Carnival – January 2016
The Snake’s Heart and 5e
This weekend I had an opportunity to possibly run The Snake’s Heart for my home gaming group as a D&D 5e session. Though I have played 5e two or three times (with my kids and… Read More »The Snake’s Heart and 5e
Using Scarcity, Abundance, and Enough to Inspire Settings and Encounters
Recently I had an opportunity to ponder how economics plays into the development of an area. It was a thought that first occurred after reading Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond many years ago –… Read More »Using Scarcity, Abundance, and Enough to Inspire Settings and Encounters
Three Questions About That Fantastic Item your PCs Just Recovered…
Your PC just located an artifact of immense power while diving into a dungeon on the far side of the world. S/he knows it has fantastic abilities because s/he can feel the power thrumming from… Read More »Three Questions About That Fantastic Item your PCs Just Recovered…
Free Randomness, Part 1
You’re the GM doing prep for your next session. You have it all together. Maps. Broad strokes of the plot. But somehow you find yourself stuck when you try to come up with the little… Read More »Free Randomness, Part 1
August Blog Carnival: Contemplating Devious Dungeons
As I begin to start looking through the 5th Edition D&D Player’s Handbook and have played through a bit of the 5th Edition Starter Set, I wonder at all the various dungeons being conceived for… Read More »August Blog Carnival: Contemplating Devious Dungeons
Most Old School RPG owned – #RPGaDAY 2014, Day 5
So now we’re on Day 5 of #RPGaDay. It asks us what the most “Old School” RPG may be in your collection. In my collection, it would have to be my classic Dungeons & Dragons or Palladium… Read More »Most Old School RPG owned – #RPGaDAY 2014, Day 5
